Ben Ransom (born 16 February 1992 in

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) is an ex-

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player who last played for

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in the Greene King IPA Championship. He played at

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and has represented England at U16, U18 and

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level. He was educated at

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. He previously attended St Michael’s School,

Otford Otford is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. It lies on the River Darent, north of Sevenoaks. Otford's four churches are the Anglican Church of St Bartholomew in the village centre, the Otford Methodist Churc ...

and appeared for

Old Elthamians Old Elthamians Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club based in Chislehurst in SE London-Kent. Due to financial difficulties they withdrew from National League One, the third tier of English club rugby, in August, 2021. Upon retur ...

, having first played the game at school and club when seven. The 2010-11 Aviva Premiership was the season Ransom made his debut for Saracens against the

Northampton Saints Northampton Saints (officially Northampton Rugby Football Club) is a professional rugby union club from Northampton, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. They were formed in 1880 as "Northampton St. James", ...

and he was named

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. Overall in the season he made 4 appearances and scored 1

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. Having turned down an offer from the

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when signing for Sarries, he undertook a degree in

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alongside playing rugby. In the six seasons he spent with Saracens, he made 44 appearances, along with 21 appearances on loan to

Bedford Blues Bedford Blues are a rugby union club in the town of Bedford, England, currently playing in The RFU Championship. Bedford is one of the few towns in England where the rugby club is better supported than the football team. The Blues are a semi-pro ...

and helped the club win the Premiership title three times as well as the

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. On 22 July it was announced that Ransom had joined newly relegated

ahead of the 2016-17 season and his spell started well as they gained their first Championship title and promotion back to the Premiership, with Ransom featuring in the majority of their 19 wins. The clinical winger notched up nine tries during that season, including a contender for Try of the Season in the annual Saint Patrick's Party against

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, a match that also had the Championship season's highest attendance of 11,671. The following season, Ransom fell behind in the pecking order and first-team appearances were limited to the European Challenge Cup. In October 2017, he scored in an emphatic 7-44 win against Challenge Cup holders

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at the

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. In the final Premiership Rugby A League fixture of the season, Ransom scored as Irish recorded a 33-19 victory against

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. Irish were relegated and Ransom decided to leave the club a year before his contract expired in order to pursue his other ambitions. In 2018, after spells at both Saracens and London Irish, the 26-year-old Ransom began studying for a master's degree in

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at the

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and preparing to move into investment banking – although not before one last bout – taking full advantage, Oxford wasted no time before he was seconded to help beat

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, for which he was only too happy to oblige, and unsurprisingly, with his pedigree, Oxford won 38-16 and Ransom was named man of the match.

References

External links

England Under 20s Profile

London Irish: REACTION: Ben Ransom & George Robson - 19 September 2016 - Ben Ransom and George Robson analyse Saturday's 30-23 win at Bedford Blues.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ransom, Ben 1992 births Living people People from Bexley Sportspeople from the London Borough of Bexley People educated at St Michael's Preparatory School, Otford People educated at Tonbridge School English rugby union players London Irish players Saracens F.C. players Bedford Blues players Oxford University RFC players Rugby union players from Kent Rugby union fullbacks